antetype (antetip)

[As if ante- + type; but prop. antitype, q. v.] A prototype; a primitive or early type whence some later form has been derived. See antitype. The antetypes in carboniferous times of the modern kingcrab. Stand . Nat . Hist ., II. 87. ant even i ent (an-tē-vē'nient), a. [L. ante venien (t-)s, ppr. of ante venire, come before, anthemion ante, before, + venire = Gr. βαίνειν = Ε. come.] Preceding; coming before. Lamb.